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10: WaterCan, Capacity Building, and Knowledge Networks
WaterCan supports capacity building at three general levels:
• By providing support (managerial, technical and financial) for organizational capacity development at the community level through its overseas partner organizations.
• By providing support (managerial, technical and financial) for organizational capacity development of its overseas partner organizations, that may follow a two-pronged approach: the first being the development of operational/management capacity (for instance, bookkeeping, administration and finance, reporting and governance) that are internal to the effective and efficient operation of the organization; the second being the performance capacity of the organization – i.e. its capacity to carry out its mandate and have the desired impact/effect – that is, the capacity to plan, implement, monitor and assess activities and measure the results obtained against the plan of action to determine what changes occurred
• By carrying out capacity development (managerial, technical) within WaterCan. Appropriate activities in this area could include strengthening the organization’s planning, monitoring and evaluation capacity, providing technical training opportunities for staff and volunteers, and networking and experience sharing with other development agencies at conferences and meetings in Canada and elsewhere.
Resources allocated to these activities are considered an integral part of WaterCan’s work. This will ensure that sustainability is built into project delivery. The funds committed to capacity building are expected to vary from partner to partner and country to country.
Water and Sanitation Knowledge Networks
WaterCan will also address a fourth type of capacity building at regional or national levels, when opportunities arise for this to be done efficiently and effectively. This could include activities that:
- improve the policy and legal frameworks for the delivery of water supply and sanitation services in the countries where WaterCan is active;
- strengthen the ability of other organizations (such as local water and sanitation sector knowledge networks) to respond to, for example, the education and training needs of local NGOs or local government institutions; and;
- conduct relevant research, learn from experience and disseminate best practices.
There are many innovative water and sanitation sector knowledge networks and organizations in the developing world that can support this fourth type of capacity building. WaterCan will explore the possibility of collaborating with appropriate organizations to carry out capacity building activities as outlined earlier.